GEORGE NEWS - The Rhodes University Chamber Choir (RUCC) will be visiting the Southern Cape on 18 and 19 August as part of a tour of the Western Cape in celebration of the university's 120th anniversary.
The tour will be focused on giving back through music workshops at local schools along the Garden Route and into the Cape Winelands as the choir heads to Cape Town.
RUCC music director and conductor Sibusiso Njeza says the power of music to overcome cannot be over emphasised. "This is especially so in a country like South Africa, where poverty is rife.
“The lived reality in most rural areas is that survival takes priority over art and music, but what if art and music can help transform lives in real, practical and sustainable ways?"
Njeza says young people need to see relatable role models that prove to them that things of beauty can transform their lives.
"This is why we are taking the tour to them in small towns all over the Eastern and Western Cape."
The RUCC will engage with schools, prospective students and communities in all areas visited through music workshops, song exchanges and diverse collaborations.
School choir directors and others involved in singing groups are invited to contact Njeza at sibusiso.njeza@ru.ac.za or 046 603 7259.
He can also be contacted by anyone who would like to get involved with the tour through bookings, partnerships or sponsorships.
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